The safety-certified Fireboy Bunsen burner from Integra Biosciences ensures application safety by eliminating the risk of gas leaking and explosion inherent in using traditional Bunsen burners.
Looking to update gas use in line with new local safety regulations the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (FLI) in Insel Reims, Germany, sought a high safety alternative to traditional Bunsen burners linked into its site gas distribution system.
As well as being safety certified to work with the existing site gas distribution system, the alternative needed to offer flexibility so that it could be used in laboratories in parts of the building not served by the gas supply.
Due to the new regulations the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute was faced with having to replace its whole gas distribution system, which would have incurred considerable expense.
Having positive experience of using Fireboys in parts of the building not served by the site gas supply the FLI chose to substitute all traditional Bunsen burners with 70 Fireboy units.
The new generation Fireboy from Integra Biosciences is an intrinsically safe alternative to the traditional Bunsen burner connected to a laboratory gas supply.
Advanced temperature protection, flame monitor and alarm display features serve to protect both the operator and operating environment.
To prevent unignited gas leakage, the Fireboy automatically tries to reignite the flame if it accidentally extinguishes.
Should it for any reason fail to do so, the unit will interrupt the gas supply.
An automatic shut off after a user-defined maximum burning time eliminates any danger if the unit is unintentionally left on.
The Fireboy operates from a wide range of gas cartridges and is powered by a battery.
